To deliberately overlook something: knew the student was cheating but decided to look the other way.

look up to

To admire: looked up to her mother.

[Middle English loken, from Old English lōcian.]

Usage Note: When followed by an infinitive, look often means "expect" or "hope," as in The executives look to increase sales once the economy improves or I'm looking to sell my car in July. In our 1997 survey, the Usage Panel was divided almost evenly on this usage, with 52 percent of the Panelists finding it acceptable and 48 percent rejecting it. In 2008, 55 percent rejected it, suggesting that resistance is not eroding, at least not for use in more formal contexts. The usage has an informal flavor and is popular among sports writers: The Spartans are looking to improve their offensive production. The Cubs look to continue their dominance of their division.

look

(lʊk)

vb (mainly intr)

1. (often foll by at) to direct the eyes (towards): to look at the sea.

If you want to say that someone shows a particular feeling when they look at someone or something, use an adverb, not an adjective. For example, you say 'She looked sadly at her husband'. Don't say 'She looked sad at her husband'.

Jack looked uncertainly at Ralph.

He looked adoringly at Keiko.

2. 'look and see'

If you intend to use your eyes to find out if something is true, you say that you will see or look and see if it is true.

Have a look at your wife's face to see if she's blushing.

Now let's look and see whether that's true or not.

Be Careful!Don't say that you will 'look' if something is true.

You can use see to say that you will find out about something, even if you are not talking about using your eyes. For example, you can say 'I'll see if Li is in her office', and then find out whether Li is in her office by making a phone call there.

I'll just see if he's at home.

I'll see if I can borrow a car for the weekend.

3. used to mean 'seem'

Look can also be used to mean 'seem' or 'appear'. When you use look like this, you use an adjective after it, not an adverb. For example, you say 'She looked sad'. Don't say 'She looked sadly'.

You look very pale.

The place looked a bit dirty.

Be Careful!You only use look to mean 'seem' when talking about the appearance of something.

sparkle, twinkle, spark, light - merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance; "he had a sparkle in his eye"; "there's a perpetual twinkle in his eyes"

2.

look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him"

look - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"

Hollywood - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood"

Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation

look after - keep under careful scrutiny; "Keep an eye on this prisoner!"

2.

look - give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect; "She seems to be sleeping"; "This appears to be a very difficult problem"; "This project looks fishy"; "They appeared like people who had not eaten or slept for a long time"

correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun"

10.

look - have faith or confidence in; "you can count on me to help you any time"; "Look to your friends for support"; "You can bet on that!"; "Depend on your family in times of crisis"

5.to look as ifor as though: it looks as if or as though the train will be late → parece que el tren va a llegartardetry to look as if or as though you're glad to see me → haz como que te alegras de vermeit doesn't look as if or as though he's coming → parece que no va a venir

(= appearance) the punk look → le lookpunka room with a traditional look → une pièce de styletraditionnelto not like the look of sthI don't like the look of it → Ça ne me dit rien qui vaille.by the look of it, by the looks of it → à ce qu'on diraitHe was not a well man by the look of him → Il n'avait pas l'air en bonnesanté.

Do you know, I think if you sat up and folded your arms, you'd look exactly like her.

She murmured, however, even in her reception of me, that she was out of her own chamber because its aspect was unsuited to her infirmity; and with her stately look repelled the least suspicion of the truth.

Hetty was quite used to the thought that people liked to look at her.

A little behind them stood the two younger princesses holding handkerchiefs to their eyes, and just in front of them their eldest sister, Catiche, with a vicious and determined look steadily fixed on the icons, as though declaring to all that she could not answer for herself should she glance round.

At that meeting Vronsky perceived that Golenishtchev had taken up a sort of lofty, intellectually liberal line, and was consequently disposed to look down upon Vronsky's interests and calling in life.

They brought him things to look at--buds which were opening, buds which were tight closed, bits of twig whose leaves were just showing green, the feather of a woodpecker which had dropped on the grass, the empty shell of some bird early hatched.

He looked like an Italian, was dressed like an Englishman, and had the independent air of an American--a combination which caused sundry pairs of feminine eyes to look approvingly after him, and sundry dandies in black velvet suits, with rose-colored neckties, buff gloves, and orange flowers in their buttonholes, to shrug their shoulders, and then envy him his inches.

There's something ever egotistical in mountain-tops and towers, and all other grand and lofty things; look here, --three peaks as proud as Lucifer.

Then, Riderhood sat up and took a long look at his figure, and then cried: 'Hi--I--i!

my boy," said the farmer, coming closer, "he might have been anything when he was young; look at his nostrils and his ears, the shape of his neck and shoulder; there's a deal of breeding about that horse." He put out his hand and gave me a kind pat on the neck.

She uttered the word with an eager look, and with strong emphasis, and with a weird smile that had a kind of boast in it.

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